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Altri Punteruoli rossi

1.9 male
1.8 female
On Corylus avellana

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The first is really male of Protapion nigritarse , by the second isn´t photo so clear, but probably you have got true

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Ciao Petr

Hi Petr
Probably...but maybe not
Here are the two females collected:
This is the "probably" female
and this is that other,(the female of post...probably we have to change ) captured in the same place and in the same plant, but that doesn't seem the same :

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Dear Marco, i think, that first two photos are P. nigritarse, second two photos are probably P.fulvipes (after form of last articles of antennae)

Host plants for both species are Fabaceae - Trifolium sp., etc.

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Ciao Petr

Many Thanks Petr!
So, very strange on Corylus, but I remember that near (below) there were some little Juda's tree (Cercis siliquastrum, L. 1758)
Could come from there?

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O voi ch'avete li 'ntelletti sani, mirate la dottrina che s'asconde sotto 'l velame de li versi strani
(InfeRRno - canto IX - vv. 61-63)